This month's TSPUG Monthly Meeting (01.16.08) presentation is on authentication providers. In ASP.NET 2.0 , there is an important concept called authentication provider model which is used for many new features such as Membership/Role Management, Profiles, etc. Moss 2007 is built on the top WSS 3.0 which is in turn built on the top of ASP.NET 2.0. This means that both products can utilize everything that ASP.NET 2.0 offers. In this session learn how to create a custom authentication provider, how to set up forms based authentication, get yourself familiar with issues/workarounds, manage your custom profiles and finally how to leverage this solution to expose your SharePoint sites to the external users. This session is targeted at both IT pros and developers.About the speaker: Reza (MOSS MVP,MCTS) is currently working for Protech as principal architect where he is in charge of architecting and implementing various technologies to support the organization. He has been focused on Collaboration platforms, Knowledge Management, and Business Process Management since 2001. Reza frequently speaks on a variety of SharePoint related topics at local user group meetings and industry events. For his community involvement and contribution, he has been awarded the Microsoft MVP award for SQL Server Reporting Services(2004-2005) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Address: Nexient Learning, 2 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Room 11 on the 8th floor Time: 6:00pm